Earth/Sun
Earth/Moon
Sun
Planets
Miscellaneous
100

What creates day and night?

What is Earth's rotation on it's axis

100

What keeps the moon in the Earth's orbit?

Gravity and inertia, the same as what keeps the Earth in the sun's orbit.

100

How many stars do we have in our Solar System?

What is ONE STAR- the Sun.

100

What is the first planet from the Sun?

What is Mercury?

100

What is found between Mars and Jupiter?

What it the ASTEROID BELT?

200

Why do we have seasons?

Earth is tilted on its axis and revolves around the sun.

200

Which Moon phase has the most reflected light?

What is the FULL MOON?

200

What is the approximate size of our Sun?

Small, medium, or large?

What is MEDIUM.

200

Name the two planets that do not have moons.

What are Mercury and Venus.

200

Which of the two has an icy tail?

Asteroid or Comet

What is a COMET.

300

What is the first day of the Winter solstice?

What is Dec. 21-22.

300

Why does the moon look bright?

The moon reflects light from the Sun.

300

What is the approximate age of our Sun?

Young, Medium, old?

What is MEDIUM age.

300

Which planet is the largest planet?

What is Jupiter?

300

What is the name and shape of our Galaxy?

What is MILKY WAY GALAXY AND BARRED SPIRAL.

400

Why does the sun look like the brightest star in the sky even though it is not the biggest?

It is the closest star to our planet,

400

Surprise Gravity Question!!! Why do objects, when dropped, fall "Down" on Earth?

Objects fall down because the mass of the Earth is larger than all of the objects on its surface. With gravity, the larger the mass, the stronger the gravitational pull, so all smaller objects are pulled "down" towards the much larger Earth..

400

How do Solar Flares harm us?

Particles come flying towards Earth from solar flare eruptions -- this can create disturbance in radio waves, satellite signals and can create auroras.

They disrupt our satellites and communication systems.

400

Name the sentence and the correct order of planets from the Sun.

MY VERY EDUCATED MOTHER JUST SERVED US NACHOS.

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, Neptune

400

What is a star picture, in the sky, called?

What is a CONSTELLATION?

500

What the longest day of the year called? It occurs on June 21st.

What is the SUMMER SOLSTICE.

500

Why do we call a moon? Classified as a _________.

Not a planet, not a star...

What is a SATELLITE?

500

What is hotter?

Sun, Red Giant, Blue Star?

What is a BLUE STAR.
500

Name the planets that have rings.

What is JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS, NEPTUNE.

500

What planet might your generation explore and live on someday?

What is MARS.